Держать руку на пульсе

With the series of Russian lessons «Russian phrases» you can learn useful Russian expressions and idioms, as well as practice your listening and reading skills with the audio and transcript. Today’s phrase is «держать руку на пульсе».

The audio track of this lesson is recorded at three different speeds: slow, adapted (slower than normal) and normal.

In this lesson you’ll learn what does the idiom ‘держать руку на пульсе’ mean and how you can use it.

Что́бы быть впереди́ конкуре́нтов, мы стара́емся держа́ть ру́ку на пу́льсе происходя́щих на на́шем ры́нке собы́тий.To be ahead of the competition we are trying to feel the pulse of the current events in our market.